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Recognise this plant

Goldfinch 60Goldfinch 60 Posts: 143
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Hello friends. This plant is growing, and I do not know what it is.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Do the leaves smell when crushed?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Aguja is another possibility

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Looks a bit like an ajuga to me too.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Is it a woody plant ? Can I see twigs or is it in the compost
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Goldfinch 60Goldfinch 60 Posts: 143
    Thanks everyone. Ajuga is growing elsewhere, so I think perhaps the birds have dropped the seeds 
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    The old woody stems in it imply to me that it was something taller than ajuga. It looks familiar but I can't think what. It looks a bit like the way mint grows, there are many sorts of mint. Maybe @B3 was thinking of that or monarda but I'm not sure.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Theer could certainly be other plants in there too - hence the spent stems. I have various other plants with ajuga at their base. 
    Ajuga mostly spreads by itself - via runners @Goldfinch 60. 

    It does look like various things though, so you may just have to wait and see. My memory is so poor now that I can't remember the names of lots of plants   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    It looks like Ajuga to me too and also it conjures up images of other plants but like Fairygirl I cannot think of what they are !!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm agreeing with ajuga now. I wondered about mint but thought the leaves looked a bit too shiny.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Aguja is part of the mint family :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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